Sentence examples for limit flooding from inspiring English sources

Kenneth, 21, known as "Cooter" after a character on the "Dukes of Hazzard" television program, could still be trapped in one of the parts of the destroyer sealed off to limit flooding, Mr. Clodfelter said.

I encourage you to read Michael Kimmelman's post on the ArtsBeat blog about how the former Fresh Kills Landfill helped limit flood damage in Staten Island when the remains of Hurricane Sandy struck the region.

Meanwhile, 110 individual levee districts with pumps and plumbing have been installed to limit flood risks on these lands, which means that excess rainfall is channeled directly into the levees.

Mayor Carey Pilato, a Bound Brook native, said the levees had already helped by limiting flooding in this storm.

Rainfall was generally less than 6 inches, which limited flooding.

Open image in new window Fig. 7 Limited flood region due to flow stagnation points close to injector as a result of doublet's injection well rate being relatively small.

He said that because of Highlands's low elevation, its compact downtown — roughly 1,500 feet at its widest and just over a mile long — and the terrain's quick rise to steep cliffs (hence the town name) that limit the flooding geographically, raising the town could work in Highlands in ways that are not appropriate elsewhere.

The purpose of using "selective broadcast" is to limit the flooding area to a specific zone, based on geo-data namely geographical coordinates; this routing decision minimizes the network load in contrast to the broadcast storm caused by a generic broadcast scheme.

In addition, their machinery spaces were further subdivided by transverse and longitudinal bulkheads to limit any flooding.

Asked if the city could have done more to limit the flood damage, Mayor Igor Nemec said: "Against this kind of catastrophe there are no measures you can take.

Every government sought to limit the flood of entrants through examinations but managed only to slow, not stop, the growth, which far outpaced projections and resources.